The Scamander Family's Hippogriffs
When Wizet and Luna returned from the greenhouse in the morning, they found that quite a few people were already standing in front of the bulletin board in the Ravenclaw Common Room.
They stood in several rows, with the first few people reading aloud the information about "The 《Hogwarts Voice》" from the notice board.
"After an essay is included in ' The 《Hogwarts Voice》 '... it will not directly add points to the corresponding student's house..."
"The awarded House Points will be retained until the end of the academic year... and the specific details of the bonus points will be announced then..."
"Students whose papers are not accepted... will receive an encouragement prize—a box of Chocolate Frog..."
"We hope students can enjoy the process of expressing their ideas, without being fixated on the outcome..."
"The proceeds from the publication of ' The 《Hogwarts Voice》 ' in collaboration with Flourish and Blotts... will be distributed as rewards... to the students who participated in writing the corresponding papers..."
Anthony Goldstein stepped out of the crowd and muttered to himself, "Headmaster Dumbledore is still the best!"
"You're back!" He looked up and saw Wizet and Luna, and quickly waved. "Do you know the details of the announcement?"
"Good morning! We just got back while they were reading the announcement." Wizet. "The rules are indeed more interesting than I imagined."
"Right!" Anthony laughed. "The bonus point information will only be announced at the end of the academic year, so there's a lack of specific references if you want to compete."
"There's a lot of room for manipulation; if different colleges exchange information, they can all inflate the specific number of papers they've published..."
"Even if someone tells the truth, as long as there are different numbers, coupled with these detailed rules, they will definitely start to suspect each other."
In this way, each college can only rely on guesswork to increase the number of papers they produce, which is quite interesting!
"Isn't it a kind of motivation?" Luna chimed in, "Headmaster Dumbledore's starting point..."
"The intention is to encourage everyone to express their thoughts; The 《Hogwarts Voice》 is merely a means of encouragement."
"Yes! I can see that!" Anthony nodded. "The reward for the Chocolate Frog, and the supplementary explanation afterward, proves it very well."
"And then there's the distribution of rewards. It seems the changes to the Board of Governors have indeed had a positive impact. Otherwise, the proceeds from these sales would have gone to the Board of Governors."
"Oh?" Wizet thought of Anthony's background. "Could it be... that Mr. Newt Scamander ... has also become a member of the Board of Governors?"
"You're really something! You thought of that so quickly!" Anthony exclaimed in admiration, nodding repeatedly in response.
"The vacancy in the Parkinson Family was filled by the Scamander Family... I remember they provided the school with a batch of Magical creature during the summer vacation."
"The Scamander Family ..." Wizet murmured, pondering as she spoke, "Could it be Hippogriff?"
"Yes!" Anthony nodded repeatedly. "The Hippogriff provided by the Scamander Family is the best in the entire magical world!"
"Maybe we'll see those Hippogriff the Care of Magical Creatures class this afternoon. I just don't know how Hagrid is doing, or if he can take good care of Hippogriff."
"The Hippogriff is a Level XXX Magical creature, it shouldn't be easy to deal with..." Wizet frowned slightly, "When does he plan to... bring them out to class?"
"I don't know." Anthony shrugged. "Although it's only at the XXX level, it's still not easy to deal with... those are my great-grandfather's exact words!"
"The so-called 'capable wizards can deal with it'... actually refers to wizards who have taken the Care of Magical Creatures class and obtained the corresponding certificate."
"The so-called 'requiring specialized knowledge wizards to deal with' the XXXX level actually refers to wizards who have obtained the qualification of ' Magical Creature Studies '."
"So how should I put it... I hope Hagrid is really prepared... to bring Hippogriff to class!"
"That's true." Wizet, a vague sense of unease creeping over him as he thought about Hagrid's attitude toward Magical creature.
"Michael and the others aren't up yet!" Anthony glanced at the time. "Wizet, I'm awake anyway, so let me go wake them up this time!"
"Okay!" Wizet nodded, watching Anthony walk away.
"Why don't we write to him and ask?" Luna suggested softly. "Or maybe around noon... we can go find Hagrid together?"
"We can also see the Hippogriff!" Wizet laughed. "But now... let's go have breakfast first!"
After saying goodbye to Luna, Wizet and Michael Corner walked together toward the classroom where the Arithmancy Class was held.
On the way, they also encountered Hermione, who was panting heavily. Even though it was the first class of the morning, Hermione gave them a strange feeling, an unusual sense of fatigue.
If Luna were to meet Hermione now, she might say, "It's like she just attended Bouncing Parasol Fungus."
Thinking of this, Wizet couldn't help but smile and gently shake her head.
Upon entering the classroom, he discovered that there were far fewer students than he had imagined.
Although the number of participants was small, it covered four colleges, clearly making it a joint course for all four colleges.
After taking his seat, Wizet began to observe the entire classroom.
The classroom was filled with a faint smell of ink and the scent of old parchment, and intricate tables hung on the walls.
Various symbol blocks are piled up in the surrounding corners. These symbols are all used to represent numbers, but they are presented in different ways.
As the school bell rang, a middle-aged witch walked into the classroom.
She wore a dark red robe, and her hair, which was jet black with a few strands of gray, was neatly pinned up at the back of her head, making her look extremely capable.
"I am Professor Septima Vector ..." The witch nodded slightly. "Welcome to the Arithmancy Class."
She glanced at the students sitting upright. "I know that many wizards are not good at logical thinking and think that numbers and formulas are things of the Muggle World."
"But I want to tell you that numbers also have infinite power in the magical world! They can reveal hidden truths, let us see a person clearly, and even change our destiny."
Upon hearing these words, the students held their breath and became even more tense than before.
After all, this opening remark reminded many students of... something Snape seemed to have said.
Septima Vector waved her wand, and the symbol cubes piled up in the corner flew up and gathered around her, forming a very peculiar pattern.
This pattern has nodes connected by channels, and the overall structure looks like an ancient tree.
"The Kabbalah Tree of Life ..." The moment Wizet saw the pattern, she whispered its name...